Penn State Behrend Collegia VOLUME XXXII! NUMBER 4 AIS Requires Increased Responsibility by Tricia Wood Collegian Staff Writer “The most important change to be made in computer registration this winter is in student think ing,” says Bob Schenker, Behrend Records and Schedule Officer. Although Schenker credited the patience and cooperation of students during fall registration as main factors allowing the new system to work, he stressed the student’s understanding and will ingness to cooperate as crucial for successful registration this spring. Schenker said about 130 freshmen and an additional 300 students completed registration on the new computer system this John Anderson To Visit Behrend by Kevin Moore Collegian Staff Writer On Oct. 31 at noon, John Baynard Anderson will speak to the Penn State-Behrend Com munity in the Reed Lecture Hall. - Anderson was born in Rockford, IL on Feb. 15, 1922. He was graduated from the University of Illinois with a degree in Political Science. During his academic career, Anderson took time to serve in the United States Army where he earned four battle stars. After his military service he returned to school and obtained his L.L.M. from the Harvard Law School. After practicing law in Rockford for a few years, Ander son accepted an appointment as the United States foreign affairs officer in West Berlin until 1955. Tuition by Barrett Parker Collegian Staff Writer Penn State University students experienced a 12 percent increase in tuition for the 1984-85 academic year. The inflation rate was a minute four percent over this same period. ' Why has our bill increase tripl ed the general inflation rate? That is the question asked of Provost- Dean Dr. John M. Lilley. “Overall funding,” he states, “has speciai costs unrelated to the standard inflation rates. Some of the purchases such as books and chemicals are greater than the in flation rate...and the state funds are net keeping up fall. However, Schenker said that students who fail to advance register (pre-registration is now obsolete) for Spring semester will not only “foul-up” the computer system, but risk losing needed courses on their schedule because they will lose their priority status. “In fact,” Schenker added, “returning students will not be permitted to attend registration Jan. 10 and 11. They will have to late-register.” “On the new A.I.S. (Ad ministration Information System), students must advance register and pay tuition bills on time or be purged-out of the system,” Schenker said. There is a SlO penalty fee for After returning co the United States in 1955, Anderson ran on the Republican ticket for the of fice of Illinois State Attorney. The race was successful for Anderson and three years later he ran for congress in the 16th Congres sional District in Illinois. This was also a successful venture for Anderson. In the 1970’s Congressman Anderson valued and promoted the ideas of social reform, fiscal responsibility, human rights, and national unity in his campaign ing. Congressman Anderson is a strong advocate of the Equal Rights Amemdment. After his presidential effort in 1930, Anderson decided not to seek re-election to congress. He ran on the Independent ticket dur- riples Beyond Inflation Rate Other costs will also be covered by this 12 percent increase. “Behrend has grown enormous ly,” comments Lilley, “it is a challenge to keep up with the rate of growth.” Behrend has seen record enrollments for the past three years. The Dean stated that other major costs include instruc tional equipment and computers. The increase in faculty has also been “overwhelming.” Behrend has seen a raise in tui tion each year for quite some time. Unfortunately for us. this trend will continue for what Dean Lilley described as “years to come.” He wen: on to say, however, that “every effort has STATION ROAD, ERIE, PA. 16563 late-registration and a $25 fee for late payment. more responsibility on the student than there has been in the past to make the system run smoothly. “It is important for students to let us know if they are going to register again after an absence so that they can advance-register,” Schenker said. Schenker said the new system will allow students to make schedule adjustments before Christmas vacation whereas the old system allowed the students to drop-add at the beginning of spring semester. He said that of the 2,000 students registering last fall, there were 820 drop-add adjustments made. John Anderson Former Presidential Candidate been made to minimize these in creases.” Behrend has one of the largest tuition increases in the Penn State system. Last year Gannon raised its tuition rate by a whopping 16.7 percent, Edinboro by only 6.1 percent, in addition to a slight health fee increase, and Mercyhurst raised tuition by 6 percent. Will this and future increases affect Behrend’s enrollment? “This is a concern of mine,” states Libey. “We would like to have the lowest tuition possible, but if you compare Behrend to other schools, with what you get here, it is a bargain. We have the highest standards for faculty ana “One advantage of the new system is that it won’t schedule time conflicting courses,” Schenker said. He said that eventually the new computer system will make many student transactions easier than they are now. For example, Schenker said, “Students will be able to change their majors from Behrend to main campus from a Behrend computer terminal, whole transcripts will be available -on the Behrend computer files, and mailing lists will be automatically run-off from Behrend computer data.” Schenker said that he used the old “card system” registration as a back-up device (shadowing) to Schenker said there will be ing the presidential election and made a surprisingly strong show ing in Massachusetts and Ver mont. Since his political activity in 1980, Anderson has been very ac tive on the university circuit, lec turing to colleges and universities across the country about the ma jor issues of our time. He also has taught undergraduate and graduate courses at the University of Illinois Law School and Stan ford University. To date, Anderson remains politically active through his Na tional Unity Committee. Ander son is married to Keke Machakos and they have five children. The Anderson’s have homes in Rockford and Washington, D.C. their research. There is nothing “We are one of the few (Penn else like Behrend...the combina- State) campuses that grew- this tion of scholarship and teaching is year...Behrend will continue to unbeatable.” grow and prosper.” In closing, Dean Lilley'Stated, Entertainment/Feature pages 6-10 ..pages 1-3 News Opinion pages 4-5 Sports - pages OCTOBER 26, 1984 protect against data loss during fall registration. “Once during drop-add, the whole system went down and we lost every screen because of a thunderstorm near University Park,” Schenker said. In response to a question about the take-a-number system im plemented during fall drop-add period, Schenker said, “Whenever you have something new there’s always going to be something that doesn’t work right.” Schenker said that although 99.9 percent of the students are honest, some took numbers not intending to drop-add this fall, and then showed up when the numbers were high with a low ad mission number. -Colleen Brown (Ist accounting) said she did not think she would be able to drop-add the day she picked up a waiting number dur ing the fall drop-add period. “It stinks,” said Anthony Fusciello (Ist accounting). “I’ve been here for two hours. It (drop add) is too slow.” Schenker said that such number holding techniques inflate his numbers (having more numbers than students to be processed), which increases costs and hence, tuition. “If we can get the students to go with the system,” Schenker said, “they will find themselves better off in the long run.” He also said that computer response time (the time between putting data into the terminal and getting an answer on the screen) will be faster during spring advance-registrati on. 77 -12
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